Hebrew: ביקיה ארצישראלית , Arabic: البيقية الفلسطينية
| Scientific name: | Vicia palaestina Boiss. | |
| Common name: | Palestine Vetch | |
| Hebrew name: | ביקיה ארצישראלית | |
| Arabic name: | البيقية الفلسطينية | |
| Family: | Papilionaceae, פרפרניים |
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| Life form: | Annual, climber | |
| Stems: | Erect; pretty bare stem in lower part, branching towards the top | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, compound | |
| Flowers: | Violet | |
| Fruits / pods: | Legume oblong-lanceolate | |
| Flowering Period: | February, March, April, May | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype: | Mediterranean | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Derivation of the botanical name: Vicia, vetch; the classical Latin name for these herbs, perhaps related to vincire to bind. palaestina, Palestine, Eretz-Israel, Israel. vetch, late 14c., from Old North French, veche, variant of Old French vece, from Latin vicia. The Hebrew name: בקיה, bakia, Post Biblical Hebrew: vetch; Greek: bikion, from Arabic: بيقية (bikia) or باقية (bakya).
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